An indescribable pain cuts the heart. Today, Jan. 10, our great friend Dmytro Feld passed away.

Always full of optimism and unwavering faith in the victory of Ukraine, he tried every day to do as much as possible for Ukraine and Ukrainians.

Dmitry, we will always remember you and are forever grateful for your big heart.

Your friends from Kyiv

(This letter was sent by Kateryna Shevchenko, who visited Lake Placid in August 2023 with her mother Svitlana Shevchenko and Natalia Oshzova, two educators in Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv. Dmitry Feld, USA Luge’s marketing manager and Ukraine native, was their tour guide around the Olympic Region and had sent supplies to the Bezmezh School, which Shevchenko and Oshezova run together.)